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1199946

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme: Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many charities registered in Linlithgow and East Falkirk constituency have claimed back Gift Aid on small cash donations using the Gift Aid Small Donation Scheme since that scheme's inception.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	54176
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2020 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 12/06/2020 10:03:56 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1222916

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Wholesale Trade: Government Assistance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the effect on the provision of services at (a) schools, (b) care homes, (c) hospitals and (d) other public services of inadequate financial support to ensure the sustainability of the wholesale distribution sector.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	72237
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2020 answer text <p>The Government has announced unprecedented support for business and workers to protect them against the current economic emergency. This support is kept constantly under review and the Government continues to consider how to best support businesses, including those in the wholesale distribution sector.</p><p> </p><p>Wholesale distributors continue to have access to the Government’s unprecedented package of support for business, including, but not limited to, the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS), the Discretionary Grant Fund and the four government-backed loan schemes for firms of all sizes. The Business Support website provides further information about how businesses can access the support that has been made available, who is eligible and how to apply - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/business-coronavirus-support-finder" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/business-coronavirus-support-finder</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Government continues to work hard to support wholesale distributors to ensure that supplies continue to reach our schools, care homes, hospitals and other public services. We will continue to engage with businesses and representative groups in the wholesale sector to support businesses and ensure that the sector has a strong and sustainable recovery.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 20/07/2020 14:45:26 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1246522

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Tobacco: Smuggling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if his Department will publish the minutes of meetings his Ministers and officials have held with tobacco industry groups on track and trace policy (a) development and (b) implementation.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	108265
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2020 answer text <p>Details of meetings between HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and the tobacco industry are published on GOV.UK. These include discussions on points of detail on the track and trace system. All meetings with the tobacco industry are conducted in line with the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, in particular in accordance with Article 5.3. HMRC has no plans to publish minutes of these meetings as they may contain taxpayer or commercially sensitive information.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The implementing legislation for the tobacco track and trace system specifies strict and comprehensive criteria for independence from the tobacco industry. The service provider of the track and trace system needs to demonstrate to HMRC that they satisfy the independence criteria both before and during the period they provide the service. HMRC has processes in place to ensure these criteria are met.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 108266 question first answered 02/11/2020 10:52:27 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1256276

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Coronavirus: Disease Control
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 14 July 2020 to Question 71800 on Government Assistance: Coronavirus, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) people and (b) businesses not eligible for any of the Government's financial support packages during the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	121866
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2020 answer text <p>The Government has provided a comprehensive economic response that is one of the most generous globally, taking unprecedented steps to support individuals, businesses and the most vulnerable. As well as the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) and Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS), this package includes a suite of government-backed loans and grants to businesses, tax deferrals, and a moratorium on commercial tenant evictions.</p><p> </p><p>This comprehensive package also includes extra funding for the welfare safety net, to get us through the outbreak and help those unable to access other forms of support. The temporary welfare measures include increases to Universal Credit and Local Housing Allowance, a relaxation of the Universal Credit minimum income floor, making Statutory Sick Pay easier to access, and providing £500 payments to self-isolate for those on low incomes who can’t work from home</p><p> </p><p>However, the government also recognises that our economy is changing, and so existing schemes provide an appropriate route for employees to access high-quality training and prepare individuals for jobs of the future. That is why at the Spending Review last week, the Chancellor announced an additional £3.7 billion to build on the commitments made in the Plan for Jobs.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The government has put in place an economic package of support which will provide businesses and individuals with certainty over the Winter months, even as measures to prevent further spread of the virus change. We continue to take a flexible approach and keep all impacts and policies under review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 04/12/2020 14:27:14 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1230706

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 17 July 2020 to Question 71791 on Environment Protection: Coronavirus, what progress has been made in allocating the £1 billion of further support for ultra-low emission vehicles.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	84312
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2020 answer text <p>At the Budget in March, the government allocated £403 million to extend the Plug-in Car Grant out until 2022-23. £129.5 million was provided to extend the Plug-in Grants for vans, taxis and motorcycles to 2022-23.</p><p> </p><p>The government also earmarked £500 million over the next five years to support the rollout of a rapid-charging network for electric vehicles, ensuring that drivers will never be further than 30 miles from a rapid charging station. To target spending from this fund effectively, the Office for Low Emission Vehicles are currently undertaking a comprehensive review of electric vehicle charging infrastructure</p><p><strong> <br> </strong></p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 08/09/2020 11:07:48 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1247185

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Shipping: Exhaust Emissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of his decision for a one-year spending review on investment in maritime decarbonisation.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	109503
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2020 answer text <p>The Chancellor and the Prime Minister have decided to conduct a one-year Spending Review in order to prioritise the response to Covid-19, and our focus on supporting jobs. Alongside this, the government continues to take its environmental responsibilities very seriously, and is committed to meeting its climate change targets.</p><p> </p><p>The government is considering how it can most effectively progress transport decarbonisation, including on maritime, through the Spending Review.</p><p> </p><p>In 2019, the Department for Transport published the Clean Maritime Plan, which identified the potential for clean economic growth in the UK as a result of the transition to zero emission shipping.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 04/11/2020 14:03:30 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1254310

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Charities
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the effect on the economy of charity sector organisations having to stop delivering vital services in order to be eligible for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	119299
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2020 answer text <p>The purpose of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is to support people who would otherwise have been made redundant. To prevent fraudulent claims, we made clear that individuals cannot work or volunteer for their organisation. This is to protect individuals too – if we allowed workers to volunteer for their employer, the employer could ask them to effectively work full time while only paying them 80% of the wages.</p><p> </p><p>On 8 April the Chancellor announced a £750m support package for charities providing key services and supporting vulnerable people during the Covid-19 crisis. This includes £360 million direct from Government departments. Up to £200 million is supporting hospices, with the rest supporting organisations like St John Ambulance and the Citizens Advice Bureau as well as charities supporting children, victims of domestic abuse or disabled people. £200 million is being distributed by the National Lottery Community Fund through the Coronavirus Community Support Fund. The Fund closed to new applications on 17 August and £184m - 97% of the total fund value – had been awarded as of 13 October.</p><p><em> </em></p><p>The Government also matched public donations to the BBC’s “Big Night In” charity appeal, with over £37 million being distributed by Comic Relief, Children In Need and the National Emergencies Trust to charities on the frontline. 100% of the Fund value of £34.4m was awarded as of 15 October.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 01/12/2020 17:06:59 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1198967

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to (a) reduce the amount of manual processing on paper it carries out and (b) make those processes digital.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	52234
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2020 answer text <p>Treasury is in a continual process of reducing the paper it consumes by digitising processes. We have digital tools for managing fiscal events and correspondence and the vast majority of the departments’ work is carried out digitally. Printing is restricted using “follow me” printing and the Treasury also has use of a reprographics department. All processes within the department are digital, though some still require wet ink completion.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 09/06/2020 15:46:59 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1246523

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Tobacco: Smuggling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the traceability system for tobacco products is independent from tobacco industry influence.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	108266
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2020 answer text <p>Details of meetings between HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and the tobacco industry are published on GOV.UK. These include discussions on points of detail on the track and trace system. All meetings with the tobacco industry are conducted in line with the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, in particular in accordance with Article 5.3. HMRC has no plans to publish minutes of these meetings as they may contain taxpayer or commercially sensitive information.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The implementing legislation for the tobacco track and trace system specifies strict and comprehensive criteria for independence from the tobacco industry. The service provider of the track and trace system needs to demonstrate to HMRC that they satisfy the independence criteria both before and during the period they provide the service. HMRC has processes in place to ensure these criteria are met.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 108265 question first answered 02/11/2020 10:52:27 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1246521

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Tobacco: Smuggling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the flow of counterfeit cigarettes and tobacco products into the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	108264
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2020 answer text <p>Since 2000, the government’s anti- illicit tobacco strategy has successfully reduced the cigarette tax gap from 22% in 2000-01 to 9% in 2019-20, and for hand rolling tobacco (HRT) from 61% to 34%. Key to this success has been the continual refresh of the strategy based on HMRC’s reassessment of the risks and any emerging threats.</p><p> </p><p>In 2015, HMRC and Border Force published the latest refreshed strategy ‘Tackling Illicit Tobacco- leaf to light’. This stated the government’s intention to take the fight against illicit tobacco wider, joining up interests across UK government and a variety of partner agencies, including local authority Trading Standards teams, the police and other government departments.</p><p> </p><p>This approach has seen a sustained effort against all types of illicit tobacco. In the year 2018-19, over 1.3bn illicit cigarettes and 140 tonnes of illicit HRT were seized and there were over 270 convictions for tobacco related offences.</p><p> </p><p>Measures specifically targeted at counterfeit tobacco include the introduction of the Raw Tobacco Approval and Tobacco Machinery Licensing Schemes. HMRC has also introduced a track and trace system for tobacco products and new on-pack authenticity features. These initiatives make it more difficult and costly to counterfeit tobacco in the UK and for any form of illicit tobacco to enter our legitimate supply chains.</p><p> </p><p>However, the government is not complacent, organised criminals continually respond to enforcement activity by diversifying but we remain confident in HMRC’s ability to recognise and respond to this under the existing strategy. The government will keep the need for a strategy refresh under review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 108263 question first answered 02/11/2020 10:49:55 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day